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"THE ARCTIC NIGHT"
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NARRATOR SERGEANT STUART QUEEN TELLS ABOUT EXERCISE 'ARCTIC NIGHT'. THE NORTHERNMOST PARACHUTE DROP BY THE MEN OF THE 2ND BATTALION, 504 AIRBORNE INFANTRY REGIMENT OF A TACTICAL UNIT.
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MS- FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA,HOME OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. CU- AIRBORNE INSIGNIA AND ARM PATCH.
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MS- A BLACK SOLDIER SHOWS HIS ROOMMATE, SITTING ON HIS BUNK, HOW HE LOOKS IN HIS ALL WHITE ARCTIC UNIFORM, COMPLETE WITH SKIS.
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2 GI INSPECT ARCTIC EQUIPMENT LAIN OUT ON THE GROUND WHICH INCLUDE SNOW SHOES, WHICH LOOK LIKE TENNIS RACKETS, AND SKIS.
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MS- THEY ENTER A PADDED TENT COMPLETE WITH STOVE AND CHIMNEY PIPE.
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MS- GIS WEARING ARCTIC HATS, SIT IN OPEN CLASSROOM FOR INSTRUCTIONS IN ARCTIC SURVIVAL.
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MS- GIS ON SKIS FOLLOW A SKI INSTRUCTOR TRAIN THEM ON GRASS INSTEAD OF SNOW. HE SHOWS THEM HOW TO DO AN 'ABOUT FACE' ON SKIS.
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MS- GIS SET UP TENTS AND STOVES. MS- A GI CAREFULLY PACKS A CHUTE ON A LONG TABLE.
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MS- THE 82ND, ALL IN THEIR WHITE ARCTIC UNIFORMS STAND AT ATTENTION AT AIRFIELD READY FOR TRIP TO GREENLAND
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MS- PILOTS OF THE TRANSPORT PLANES ARE GIVEN LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS.
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MS- ARCTIC GEAR IS LOADED ONTO C-124 'GLOBEMASTER'
TRANSPORT PLANES FOLLOWED BY THE PARATROOPS. |
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MS- THE GLOBEMASTER LANDS AND OPENS ITS 'JAWS' AS MEN AND MATERIALS POUR OUT.
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MS- GIS RUN AND SLIDE ON ICY GROUND NEAR THEIR QUARTERS ONE OF THEM TAKES A FLOP.
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MS- GIS LEARN HOW TO SKI AND MAKE TURNS ON THE REAL SNOW.
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MS- GIS PUT UP A TENT WITHY A STOVE IN THE FROZEN SNOW. MS- WELCOME SMOKE RISES FROM THE CHIMNEY.
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MS- GIS BUILD LONG TRENCHES AND ICE CAVES FOR SHELTER FOR WHEN THERE ARE NO TENTS. CU- A GI CRAWLS OUT OF ONE OF THE CAVES.
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MONTAGE- GIS CARRY LARGE ICE BLOCKS CUT OUT OF THE GROUND FOR USE IN COVERING THE CAVES.
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MS- A GI SLIPS WHILE CARRYING A BLOCK OF ICE AND ROLLS DOWN A HILL. HE SOCKS THE GROUND IN DISGUST
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MS- AN ICE BLOCK COVERING A CAVE MOVES AND A GI CLIMBS OUT OF THE HOLE IN THE GROUND.
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MS- A 'BIG PICTURE' CAMERMAN SITS ON A SLED BEING PULLED BY 2 GIS AND TAKE FILM OF THE MARCHING
TROOPS BEHIND. |
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MONTAGE- GIS ATTEND MASS, PLAY POOL. WATCH TV &
SIT AROUND AS THEY WAIT FOR OPERATION 'ARCTIC NIGHT' TO BEGIN. |
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ELS- PARATROOPS DROP ON AN ICED OVER BAY NEAR TULIG AS 'ARCTIC NIGHT' BEGINS WITH THE LARGEST TECHNICAL DROP EVER MADE THIS FAR NORTH.
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MONTAGE- TROOPERS IN THEIR WHITE UNIFORMS LAY DOWN IN THE SNOW AND FIRE THEIR WEAPONS.
01 24 51 MONTAGE- AFTER RETURNING TO THEIR HEATED BARRACKS THE GIS CLEAN THEIR WEAPONS AND RELAX ON THEIR BUNKS IN THE SNUG WARMTH. |
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MS- A GI WALKS NUDE INTO A SHOWER AND ENJOYS THE WATER.
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MS- GENERAL GLEN O. BARKIS GIVES THE 'BLUENOSE'
CERTIFICATE TO A MEMBER OF THE AIRBORNE DIVISION. THEN HE HOLDS A DETAILED CRITIQUE OF OPERATION 'ARCTIC NIGHT' WITH THE LEADERS OF THE UNIT. |
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